No, sorry! I made a big post with an update but for some reason it didn’t go through. Didn’t mean to waste your time.
I’ll repost what I wrote.
So, update!
I finally took out my tonsils. My surgery was a success, and after a sorta painful recovery with eating mostly liquids, jello and mashed potatoes with ground beef and some codeine, corticoids and trometamol, I was brand new (sortof). I decided to wean myself off all the meds I was taking, so I cut Armour, Arimidex and am only now taking fish oil, vit D, zinc, B12 and a multivitamin.
Then something unusual happened. I started losing weight really fast, even though my caloric intake was higher than my normal, and after two months of the surgery, I started getting better. I’m not sluggish and tired all day like I used to be, and for some reason my libido is high like it never was and my confidence is also higher. I started to compete in the 5K and my time keeps improving, and I’m finally able to see muscle definition in my body. I lost around 45 lb since then until now.
So why I’m writing this? Two reasons, I want to tell you guys how I’m doing , and I also have a question. Life-changing as the tonsillectomy was for me (maybe it cured my adrenals? Judging from all the books I read it makes sense), I started getting some “weird” symptoms.
Some days I’ll get the same sluggish feeling I used to, and I"ll go from feeling like superman to feeling like a wimp, not really assertive and with a slow mind process (other thing I noticed is that I seem to react faster and my thoughts are also faster, like somebody polished the axioms and my synapses fire faster). Other days I feel so good I can’t even fathom feeling any different. I’m still not getting morning wood, but ladies reacted quite well to my changes in attitude and body language (or I just look better with less bodyfat lol).
I used to get some “good” days before, but now the situation is inverted and my bad days are far in between. I’m also sleeping SO much better and I wake up feeling refreshed rather than tired. I had some bloods just to see where I am numerically, and the results sort of surprised me.
My hematocrit is only 40% (low according to my lab ranges, but my aunt is a doctor and she told me not to worry, but I don’t trust doctors anymore after reading so much about their shortcomings), my erythrocytes are 4,36 (range 4,4- 5,9), and the white cells are all “in-range”, except for eosinophiles that are low. Eosinofiles … 1,4 % 98 /uL …range 200 to 500/uL
I’m not sure if this is a cause for concern.
Other bloods:
Total test: 2,64 ng/mL …Range : 1,66 - 8,77 ng/mL
Free Test (this exam takes longer and I’m waiting on the result)
TSH: 2,78 uIU/mL …Range: 0,30 - 4,50 uIU/mL
E2: 17,00 pg/mL…Range: 15 - 80 pg/mL
I didn’t have any other tests done, but due to that total test I’m thinking about running LH, FSH, fT3 and rT3 again to see where the numbers are and if I should attempt a restart.
I’m also on a ketogenic diet, I read somewhere that it might lower thyroid function, but I feel more alert and I carry less bloat so I’m pretty happy with it. My really low estradiol also surprised me, I feel no pain in my joints at all Maybe it was from the fat I lost?
It might also be the cause of my high cholesterol, even though my HDL went from low 30’s to 58 and I’m happy about that. My total cholesterol also lowered a bit, so the lipid profile changed for the better porcentage-wise.
You guys think I should take test to feel great everyday and avoid those off-days? Or I’m getting too greedy? Why do I feel better if my test is actually lower? I’m gonna take my morning temps again just to gauge my thyroid, but I wanted to post this so we could have some discussion.
My AST/ALT also came slightly over but nothing too alarming. I took 1700mg of metformin the day before the bloodtest because of a carb-up, so maybe it interfered with my liver values. It’s also supposed to lower test but would it work that fast? Should I re-run the total test bloods?
Thank you!